HIS EMINENCE, ARCHBISHOP ALEXANDER OF TOLEDO: RECTOR REV. FR. GREGORY BRUNER: DEAN (779) 875-1084 | [email protected] 738 GLENWOOD ROAD. ROSSFORD, OHIO 43460 | HTTP://WWW.STGEORGEROSSFORD.ORG September 6, 2020 13th Sunday After Pentecost - Tone 4 Miracle of the Archangel Michael at Colossae Martyrs Eudoxius, Zeno, and Macarius From the Fathers... “Forgive me, Lord, soften my heart and teach me not to watch how people treat me, but how I relate to people. And if they are hostile, inspire me, Lord, to pay them love and goodness and pray for them!” - Archimandrite John Krestiankin Welcome Visitors! O Michael, the Chief Captain,/ thou hast been revealed as the brightest attendant of the triply-radiant Godhead./ Together with We are delighted to have visitors worship with us, and the heavenly powers thou criest out with joy:/ “Holy art Thou, O we pray that you will be blessed through your Father,/ Holy art Thou, O Word, also without beginning,/ Holy participation with us. In the Orthodox Church, the art Thou, O Holy Spirit:/ one glory, one kingdom, one nature,// reception of Holy Communion is a mark of one Godhead and power!” membership in the Church. Only those who have been united to the Orthodox Church through Baptism or O Michael, first of Angels, / fiery is thine appearance and Chrismation, and have prepared themselves through miraculous thy beauty!/ Thou dost traverse creation by thine regular Confession, prayer and fasting are permitted to immaterial nature,/ fulfilling the commands of the Creator of partake of Holy Communion. We encourage visitors to all./ By thy might thou art known as powerful,// and thou hast made thy temple, honored by thy holy name, a source of participate in our prayers and hymns and to join us in healings. venerating the Cross and receiving blessed bread at the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy. Literature about the Rejoice with us, O Princes of the angelic Powers,/ for your Orthodox faith and this parish can be found in the leader and our champion, the great Chief Captain,/ gloriously vestibule. Please feel free to ask questions before or appearing in his honored temple, sanctifies it!/ Therefore, after the service, as well as join us in the Parish Hall rightfully singing praises to him, we cry out:/ “Save us under the for refreshments and fellowship after the Liturgy. protection of thy wings, // O Michael, the greatest archangel!” (Stichera of Lord, I Call) A PARISH OF THE BULGARIAN DIOCESE OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH IN AMERICA TODAY’S WORSHIP - HYMNS AND SCRIPTURE READINGS Resurrection Troparion in Tone 4 Great Martyr George Kontakion in Tone 4 When the women disciples of the Lord/ learned from the As we the faithful flee to thee for refuge and seek thy protection angel the joyous message of Thy Resurrection,/ they cast and speedy help,/ We entreat thee, O Champion of Christ, that away the ancestral curse/ and elatedly told the apostles:/ we who sing thy praises may be delivered from the snares of the “Death is overthrown!/ Christ God is risen,// granting the enemy/ and from every peril and adversary,// that we may cry: world great mercy!” “Rejoice, O martyr George!” Greatmartyr George Troparion in Tone 4 Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit As deliverer of captives/ and defender of the poor;/ healer of the infirm,/ champion of kings;/ victorious Great Martyr Archangel Michael Kontakion in Tone 2 George,/ intercede with Christ our God;// for our souls’ O Michael, commander of God’s armies/ and minister of the salvation. divine glory,/ prince of the bodiless angels/ and guide of mankind;/ ask for what is good for us, and for great mercy,// as Archangel Michael Troparion in Tone 4 the supreme commander of the Bodiless Hosts. O Michael, commander of the heavenly hosts,/ we who are unworthy beseech thee:/ by thy prayers encompass us Now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen. beneath the wings of thine immaterial glory,/ and faithfully preserve us who fall down and cry out to thee:// Deliver us Steadfast Protectress of Christians in Tone 6 from all harm, for thou art the commander of the Powers on Steadfast Protectress of Christians,/ constant advocate before the high! Creator;/ despise not the entreating cries of us sinners,/ but in your goodness come speedily to help us who call on you in Resurrection Kontakion in Tone 4 faith./ Hasten to hear our petition and to intercede for us, O My Savior and Redeemer/ as God rose from the tomb and Theotokos,/ for you always protect those who honor you! delivered the earth-born from their chains./ He has shattered the gates of hell,/ and as Master,// He has risen on the third day! Epistle: 1 Corinthians 16:13-24 Gospel: Matthew 21:33-42 Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. Let all that Hear another parable: There was a certain landowner who you do be done with love. planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a winepress in it and built a tower. And he leased it to vinedressers and went I urge you, brethren – you know the household of Stephanas, into a far country. Now when vintage-time drew near, he sent that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have devoted his servants to the vinedressers, that they might receive its fruit. themselves to the ministry of the saints – that you also submit to such, and to everyone who works and labors with And the vinedressers took his servants, beat one, killed one, and us. I am glad about the coming of Stephanas, Fortunatus, and stoned another. Again he sent other servants, more than the first, Achaicus, for what was lacking on your part they supplied. and they did likewise to them. Then last of all he sent his son to For they refreshed my spirit and yours. Therefore them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ acknowledge such men. But when the vinedressers saw the son, they said among The churches of Asia greet you. Aquila and Priscilla greet themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and seize his you heartily in the Lord, with the church that is in their inheritance.’ So they took him and cast him out of the vineyard house. All the brethren greet you. Greet one another with a and killed him. holy kiss. Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he The salutation with my own hand – Paul’s. If anyone does do to those vinedressers?” They said to Him, “He will destroy not love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. O Lord, those wicked men miserably, and lease his vineyard to other come! The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. My vinedressers who will render to him the fruits in their seasons.” love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen. Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone. This was the LORD’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes’? EMERGENCY SICK CALLS ARE ALWAYS AVA I L A B L E ! CALL FR. GREGORY: (779) 875-1084 THIS WEEK AND LIFE IN CHRIST Sunday, September 6th Two Miracles 10:00 AM Divine Liturgy (Livestream and In Person) Miracle of the Archangel Michael at Colossae Mark 5:1-20 recounts one of the most Martyrs Eudoxius, Zeno, and Macarius dramatic of Jesus' healing miracles. The Church also remembers a very striking St. David of Hermopolis in Egypt miracle performed by the Archangel Michael 1 Corinthians 16:13-24, Matthew 21:33-42 at Colossae. Monday, September 7th The story of the Archangel's miracle begins with the gratitude of a pagan father. This 7:30 PM Adult Education (Online) man's daughter, previously mute, was Forefeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos enabled to speak when she drank waters Martyr Sozon of Cilicia from a healing spring located near the city 2 Corinthians 12:10-19, 2 Corinthians 12:20-13:2 of Hierapolis. The father, desperate to find a cure for his daughter, had Mark 4:10-23, Mark 4:24-34 taken her to the spring after being told to do so by the Archangel Michael in a dream. Tuesday, September 8th Overwhelmed with thankfulness, the father and his family members 6:30 PM Parish Council Meeting (Online) were all baptized. Then the father oversaw the building of a church Nativity of the Most Holy Lady Theotokos dedicated to the Archangel. As the miracle became widely known, people with illnesses and disabilities began coming to the spring for Icons of the Most Holy Theotokos: Kursk-Root, Pochaev healing. Some were Christians, some were pagans and idol Philippians 2:5-11, Luke 10:38-42, 11:27-28 worshippers, and it made no difference. The spring's waters were effective for everyone. Wednesday, September 9th Afterfeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos Many pagans who found healing at the spring followed the example of the mute girl's father, accepting baptism into the Christian faith. They Holy and Righteous Ancestors of God Joachim & Anna were encouraged by the example of a believer named Archippus, who Commemoration of the Third Ecumenical Council lived at the church and served as its sacristan for decades. His 2 Corinthians 13:3-14, Mark 4:35-41 unassuming manner, combined with sincere faith, made Christianity attractive to people who met him. Thursday, September 10th But some pagans feared the growing influence of the church that so Afterfeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos strongly symbolized Christ's healing power, and decided to destroy it.